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Kimon Nicolaïdes

Born

in Washington, D.C., The United States

June 10, 1891

Died

July 18, 1938

Genre

Art

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Kimon Nicolaїdes was an American artist, educator, and author. During World War I, he served in the United States Army in France as a camouflage artist. He taught at the Art Students League of New York after the war. Nicolaїdes' book The Natural Way to Draw (1941) provided a new method of teaching drawing, and was widely used. ...more

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Average rating: 4.0 · 64,424 ratings · 177 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Natural Way to Draw really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 64,404 ratings — published 1941 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Signpost Drawing (1997) ISBN: 4871990540 [Japanese Import] 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Basic technique of drawing (1987) ISBN: 487199001X [Japanese Import] 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aftermath 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Natural Way to Draw - A Working Plan for Art Study by Kimon Nicolaïdes, Unknown Author did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Natural Way to Draw (A Working Plan for Art Study) Na Angliiskom Iazyke by Nicolaides Kimon, Kimon Nicolaïdes 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The sooner you make your first five thousand mistakes the sooner you will be
able to correct them.”
― Kimon Nicolaides

tags: mistakes

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“You should draw not what the thing looks like, not even what it is, but what it is doing…Gesture has no precise edges, no forms. The forms are in the act of changing. Gesture is movement in space.”
― Kimon Nicolaides

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“Technique should be taught, not as an end in itself, but as something
related to individual expression, as a means toward an end. One cannot
separate technique from expression. There is only expression.”
― Kimon Nicolaides, The Natural Way to Draw

tags: art, drawing, technique

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